Ignore the AE 'dinosaurs' and embrace opportunity - Steve Bee

Nicola Brittain
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Too much attention is being paid to industry dinosaurs who are dragging their heels on auto-enrolment and not enough to those embracing the opportunity to make it work, according to a pension expert.

Steve Bee, who also founded employee benefits platform JargonfreeBenefits, said he believes the government's decision to ban consultancy charging for automatic-enrolment schemes was long overdue. He said: "It's about time that those within the industry who are willing to embrace change are given the support they deserve. "This recent announcement provides just such support and encouragement to the many forward-thinking advisers who have reconfigured their business models to provide fee-based services to employers as they implement auto-enrolment within their businesses." He said th...

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